The American mass media been shaped by the fact that it has been operated as a moneymaking enterprise ever since Benjamin Day’s Penney Press. How does that fact continue toshape the various mass media today?

1. The American mass media been shaped by the fact that it has been operated as a moneymaking enterprise ever since Benjamin Day’s Penney Press. How does that fact continue toshape the various mass media today? How does this dynamic shaped the content we read,see, and hear? In what ways, if any, does this monetary focus benefitted society? In whatways, if any, is this to society’s detriment? Make sure you address all of these areas in yourresponse.2. America has effectively been operating under a Libertarian Theory of the Press (althoughtechnically, broadcasting operates under a Social Responsibility approach, the requirements setby the FCC are quite minimal). Is this the optimum relationship between the Press and theState for America in the 21st century? Why or why not? Answer this in comparison to theSocial Responsibility, Authoritarian, and Soviet-Communist Theories of the Press discussed inclass.3. What do you feel that Neil Postman got right in Amusing Ourselves to Death? Where did hemiss the mark, if anywhere? Why do you say this? What portent does Postman’s vision holdfor the future of America? How do you feel about that?4. If tomorrow morning you woke up in the White House and found that somehow you had beentransformed into Donald Trump, what legislation would you propose to Congress regarding themass media in America, in order to make it, and the country, better? Why would you proposethis? What would this legislation likely achieve? What might it not be capable of achieving.